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RCCG pastor, Oluokun bags two years imprisonment for issuance of cheque

Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja has sentenced an Assistant Pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Ayodeji Oluokun, to two years imprisonment for issuance of $1.6 million dud cheque.

Oluokun was charged alongside his company, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Ltd, on an amended six-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque, stealing and obtaining money under false pretences.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo in her judgment, held that the prosecution had successfully proved the charge of issuance of dud cheque against the defendants.

The judge however, discharged and acquitted the defendants of stealing and obtaining money under false pretences.

According to the judge, the prosecutor failed to establish the charge of stealing and obtaining money under false pretences.

The judge thereafter sentenced Oluokun to two years imprisonment or pay a fine of two million naira and his company to also pay a fine of two million naira.

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